Welcome to Damascus ...Damascus is located in Coffee County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Damascus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. Damascus is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Damascus lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Damascus (for example, toward Rock Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Damascus: 334 & 483<3> Communities Also Named Damascus ...While we believe that this Damascus is located in Coffee County, we know of another 2 Alabama communities named Damascus. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cullman and Escambia County. Beyond Alabama, there are 24 communities that are also named Damascus - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Damascus. Communities near Damascus ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Damascus.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Damascus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Damascus. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Damascus. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Damascus. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Damascus. See our Newspapers Page for Damascus. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Damascus ...Looking for more information about Damascus? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Damascus, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Damascus. Adding Damascus to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Damascus in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Damascus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Damascus. Footnotes ...
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